Corporate and Compliance Counsel

Alejandro relishes learning about his clients' businesses and works closely with them to create handbooks, HR policies, and develop best practices that are maximally compliant, minimize risk, increase employee job satisfaction, and support diversity and inclusion. He also assists clients with compliance-related concerns and helps with labor and employment issues that arise during mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. He also helps clients with internal audits in various areas, including pay equity studies, I-9 compliance, and other employment-related compliance concerns.

Investigations

Alejandro conducts and oversees internal investigations in various business-critical areas, including workplace misconduct at all levels, involving executives, entire facilities or departments, or Spanish-speaking witnesses. Alejandro is skilled at managing investigations involving complex dynamics and significant public interest, including matters involving company and department heads, media attention, and elected government officials. He also represents clients facing governmental investigations and audits.

Training

Alejandro travels around the country speaking and training employers, managers, and workforces on a myriad of cutting-edge employment law and labor relation topics, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+ workplace issues, workplace civility, the creation of respectful workplace norms, and leadership development. Alejandro enjoys assisting his clients and others by demystifying the most complex employment laws and developments.

Cyber & Data Privacy

Alejandro acts as privacy/breach counsel to companies in numerous industry sectors. Alejandro counsels companies and firms in response to cybersecurity incidents as well as on pre-incident privacy and data protection issues. Alejandro also advises companies on regulatory compliance obligations relating to cyber and privacy issues. He has defended actions arising out of privacy incidents.  He also assists companies in developing comprehensive global and domestic privacy and data security programs, privacy policies, as well as guiding and providing training and practical advice to companies in navigating state, federal, and international privacy regulations.

Public Accommodations

Alejandro advises and defends clients in various industries, including healthcare providers, hotels, retail stores, restaurants, large arenas, and other places of public accommodation, in matters involving disability access under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

External/Fractional General Counsel

Alejandro acts as outside general counsel for small and midsize companies, and large companies looking to increase their bench strength. In that capacity, Alejandro provides strategic advice on corporate affairs, compliance, governance, contract negotiations, employment law, trade secrets, and privacy matters. He also assists clients by overseeing outside litigation counsel and assisting with risk management.

Civil Litigation

Alejandro also litigates cases involving defamation, fraud, professional liability, negligence, business disputes, and other commercial issues. A native Spanish speaker, Alejandro adeptly handles legal matters in both English and Spanish. Alejandro's clients benefit from his ability to communicate fluently with their Spanish-speaking workforces, accurately draft and translate key employment documents, policies, and communications, and bridge language and cultural boundaries.

Prior to attending law school, Alejandro clerked for the Honorable Patricia A. Orozco (Ret.) at the Court of Appeals, Division I.